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Eastman announced the release of its 2017 sustainability report, Innovating with purpose. Building on the company's progress, the report provides a review of Eastman's sustainability strategy and goals as well as highlights from the past year…

ConstructConnect, a leading provider of construction information and technology solutions in North America, announced today the release of its Q3 2017 Forecast Quarterly Report. The U.S. grand total construction starts growth projection for 2017 over…

Quaker Chemical Corporation has won a 2017 Ringier Technology Innovation Award with its process fluid, QUAKERCOAT 801, a high-performance, fast-drying water-based coating. It was the second time that Quaker has been awarded this distinction.
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AMETEK Brookfield, the world standard for viscosity measurement and control, offers its Practical Course on Viscosity Measurements. This popular course was created to help AMETEK Brookfield Viscometer users comprehend the functionality of their instr…

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is proud to announce the finalists for the Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE), sponsored by Composites One. ACE is a prestigious composites industry competition that recognizes outstanding…

Arkema reported its second quarter 2017 results. The company recorded €2,198 million in sales, significantly up by 12.6% over last year, as well as a record high for a quarter with €398 million EBITDA, up 17% compared to 2Q 2016.
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Over the past decade, more than 150 steel bridges in Virginia have been repainted with two-coat polyaspartic urethane coating technology. The results show the polyaspartic urethane two-coat coating systems offer corrosion protection equivalent to con…

Axalta Coating Systems announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.
Second Quarter Consolidated Financial Results
Net sales of $1,088.5 million for the second quarter of 2017 increased 2.3%, including 1.5% in unfa…

Biocides providers, Vink Chemicals is inceasing its presence in the Asia market with the opening of a service center in Shanghai. The Vink Chemicals (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. serves its customers in the Asian markets in an optimal and directly on-sit…

TCI Powder Coatings has named Tom Hanson Architectural & Building Products segment manager. Hanson brings over 20 years of industrial powder coating commercial experience to this position with TCI. His prior work history spans across several diff…

PPG announced its coil and building products business has published the Architectural Powder Coatings Color Guide, a six-page brochure featuring 60 commonly specified CORAFLON® powder coatings colors.
The booklet is organized into three sectio…

Each quarter, Northcoast Research surveys a large sample of paint contractors to get a sense for current business trends while United Mineral & Chemical Corp. (UMC) provides insight into coatings raw material trends. Please note that of the…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently revised its online whistleblower complaint form to help users file a complaint with the appropriate agency. The form provides workers with another option for submitting retaliation complaints…

he American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has developed and released the Touch-Up and Repair of Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel online video series. These six short videos detail the specifications and methods used to touch-up and repair hot-dip galvanized…

The American Coatings Association, in partnership with Vincentz Network, is calling for papers to be presented at the American Coatings Conference 2018. Experts from paint companies, raw material suppliers, academia, and government laboratories are i…

The Seventeenth Annual MNYPIA Golf Outing will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at the Galloping Hill Golf Course in Kenilworth, NJ.
Brand new this year, our event will be held at the Galloping Hill Golf Course, in Kenilworth, New Jersey. Sit…